Creator

Joanna M[uir] Brown

Recipient

John Muir

Transcription

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Glenside, PA

Jan 17. 1898.

Dear Brother John:

I received a letter from Sarah a day or two ago containing a P.O order for eight dollars which she said was a Christmas gift from you to myself and the children.
I thank you for your kind thought of us. May the coming year be a good one for you and yours.
We continue to like Glenside very much as we find it pleasant and healthful. We have had no severe weather Yet. most of the winter has seemed almost too mild - we are

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in about the same latitude as in Kansas City, but there is no [malaria?] here
The children are growing as fast as possible, and doing well in their studies, they like school better here than in Portage and the teachers speak highly of them.
Sarah says you are still pegging away with your pens - I often wonder what you are writing on now, and if the book of which you spoke when last I saw you is ready for publication. We saw your letter on "Klondike etc. in the Philadelphia" Press last fall.

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I am sorry to hear that you are troubled with your throat difficulty I guess you need to climb the mountains again. I have stayed in doors [until?] I take cold very easily. When spring comes I am going to try to get time to cultivate a few flowers and maybe I will cultivate a little more vigorous health at the same time.
With love to the many california relations.

I am so ever

Affectionately

Joanna M. Brown

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Location

Glenside, Pa.

Date Original

1898 Jan 17

Source

Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir10_0047-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 10, Image 0047

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Owning Institution

Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.

Pages

2 pages

Keywords

Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters

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